Given all the words and images devoted to the midterm elections over the past few weeks, you’d think the results had told us something vital about the future of the country. In reality, they were just a curtain-raiser. It’s the next few weeks and months that really matter.

With a holiday focused on thankfulness this week, thoughts of faith and family leap to mind.

To be perfectly honest, my faith is not what it could be, not what it should be and even not what it once was. The issues are not doubts or concerns about biblical teachings, but the result of wrestling with personal shortcomings and failings that get in the way.

I had the honor Oct. 31 of attending the Retiree Appreciation Day on Fort Knox. My primary interest in attending was to hear the comments of the installation garrison commander, Col. T.J. Edwards, brief on the status of Fort Knox. All community leaders should have attended. It was a real eye opener.

olice and firefighters in our communities put their lives on the line daily to protect you, your family and your community. So when you get a call or a letter asking you to give to a police or firefighter group, your first reaction often is a generous one.